    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2004, Book III)]
    [November 4, 2004]
    [Pages 2949-2950]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders on Continuation of the Emergency
    Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction
    November 4, 2004

    Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)
        Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d))
    provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless,
    prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President
    publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice
    stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the
    anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent to the
    Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice, stating that the
    emergency posed by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and
    their delivery systems declared by Executive Order 12938 on November 14,
    1994, as amended, is to continue in effect beyond November 14, 2004. The
    most recent notice continuing this emergency was signed on October 29,
    2003, and published in the Federal Register on October 31, 2003 (68 FR
    62209).

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        Because the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the
    means of delivering them continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary
    threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the
    United States, I have determined the national emergency previously
    declared must continue in effect beyond November 14, 2004.
             Sincerely,

                                                              George W. Bush

    Note: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the
    House of Representatives, and Richard B. Cheney, President of the
    Senate. An original was not available for verification of the content of
    this letter. The notice is listed in Appendix D at the end of this
    volume.